TAG: Brazil

Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat, Debora Diniz

Zika has disappeared from the headlines. Soon after the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the end of the global public health emergency in November 2016, Brazil made its own declaration about the national public health emergency in May 2017. It is easy to now say that the virus is at most spreading at a slow, […]

Call for papers – Brazilian Journalism Research: Journalism and Gender Studies

Call for Papers for the V. 14, n. 1, April-July 2018 Journalism and Gender Studies Editors: Cláudia Lago (School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo – SBPJor) Ana Carolina Temer (Postgraduate Program in Communication, Information and Communication Department, Federal University of Goiás – Alaic); Marli dos Santos (Postgraduate Program in Social Communication, São […]

Sexual Politics in August 2017

Two outstandingly positive news are to be reported in sexual politics worldwide in August 2017. In India, the Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision on the right to privacy. In Chile, the Constitutional Court approved a new abortion law that leaves behind the draconian prohibition of pregnancy termination established during the Pinochet dictatorship in the […]

ABIA’s note on the withdrawal of Law Provision 198 that would criminalize HIV transmission

According to ABIA, the withdrawal of Law Provision 198 that would legally define the transmission of HIV as a heinous crime, is a victory for the AIDS social movement in Brazil On Thursday (August 31st) the processing of Law Draft Provision 198/2015 – that aimed at “defining as a heinous crime the transmission of HIV” […]

What is the latest news on the abortion rights front in Brazil?

Carla Batista and Sonia Corrêa* In November 2016, the first bench of the Brazilian Supreme Court, in a judgment of a habeas corpus of health professionals condemned in a criminal abortion case in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied the opinion delivered by Minister Luís Roberto Barroso that up until the 12th week of pregnancy abortion should […]

Sexuality, Health and Society – Latin American Journal 26th issue

The 26th issue of Sexuality, Health and Society – Latin American Journal, organized by the Latin American Center of Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM/IMS/UERJ) is out now and brings a paramount editorial about the current political context of UERJ, the State Univeristy of Rio de Janeiro, and one article in english. Read the editorial written by […]

Sexual Politics in July 2017

In July, once again, contradictory trends were registered in the abortion frontline. In Chile, the processing of a bill aimed at legalizing abortion in three cases — when the woman’s life is at risk, when the fetus is non-viable and when a pregnancy results from rape — was halted when the Lower House has not reached […]

Brazil’s Amnesty International: Human Rights Are Not For Sale

Brazil: New Amnesty campaign will fight back as Congress considers legal changes that flagrantly attack human rights Amnesty International defending rights at risk in Brazil – EFE

Sexual politics in June 2017

June is LGBTIQ Pride month worldwide. This SPW brief highlights events around the world, prioritizing parades and other demonstrations that are not captured by mainstream radars. In that regard, we also recommend the readers who read Spanish to peruse the new blog Orgullos Críticos which examines trends and traps implied in the growing normalization and pinkwashing of pride parades

Sexual Politics in April and May 2017

In April and May, Brazilian crisis has deepened further more, prompting colossal political chaos which reverberated in sexual politics. Sonia Corrêa, SPW co-chair, assess the deep connections within the crisis regarding threats to abortion rights. Celebrations and good news came from around the world. In Bangkok, researchers and activists gathered

Brazil: under the shadows of chaos a major threat to abortion rights

As this highly volatile and complex political context was building up, PEC 29/2015, the Constitutional amendment on the right to life from conception — tabled by Senator Magno Malta in 2015 and dormant ever since in the Committee on Constitution and Justice — was re-introduced for rapid processing.

Recent human violations related to abortion in Brazil

In February, in Curitiba, a woman was arrested when searching for care for incomplete abortion in an Evangelical hospital. In early March, in Pauí, a 11 yeard old girl who was pregnant after having been submitted to systematic rape by her stepfather was denied the termination by the health service (read more). In Campo Grande, […]